“The show is about to enter syndication, and I’m sure the performance from that will determine if the show will extend beyond this year,” he recently told the Los Angeles Times. “I don’t know if I’d want to do full seasons, maybe I’d do recurring (appearances) in order to help them get to additional seasons.”

As hardcore conservation television executive Jack Donaghy, a role he’s played opposite Tina Fey‘s TV writer character since the NBC comedy debuted in 2006, Baldwin has one three Golden Globes and two Emmys. However, he’s recently expressed the desire to move on from his three-decade acting career, leading many to speculate that he’ll try his hand in politics, where he’s the polar opposite of Donaghy, who’s been known to spend “Reagan Time” with his infant daughter. “I am doing the show for one more year. Beyond that, I want to give myself a period of time to really just think about what I want to do,” he explained. “When I think about the future, sometimes the process is not just A, B or C. I’m allowing for a D, which is ‘who knows?’”

‘Phantom Thread’ Star Lesley Manville: “It’s so easy to make someone bad look good on film. In theatre, there’s no hiding place”

"Filming is different. You’re getting a moment right. You can go in and create something very good, very quickly. That’s a different challenge to having five, six weeks to rehearse a play.” - Lesley Manville